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Tom Hesse

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Western Slope producer for @ColoradoMatters. May remember me from such jobs as @DailySentinelGJ, @TheIdahoPress, @Chronicle and @sitkasentinel.
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Firefighters killed while battling Snyder fire in Western Colorado identified

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By Tom Hesse Verified, Haylee May Verified
| KAJX-FM (Aspen, CO) Verified
Updated at 10:24 a.m. on Monday, June 29, 2026 The three firefighters killed Saturday while battling a fire along the Utah/Colorado border were operating out of a Rifle Helitack crew deployed in the area. Sydney Watson, 26, of Warrior, Alabama; Nick Hutcherson, 27 of Glendale, Arizona; and Emily Barker, 38, of Clinton Township, Michigan, were identified as the deceased in a Department of Interior press release Monday morning.
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Purplish: Tina Peters is free, but the story is likely far from over

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By Bente Birkeland Verified, Tom Hesse Verified
| KUNC-FM (Greeley, CO) Verified
Colorado released former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters on parole June 1 from a women’s state correctional facility in Pueblo. She was less than two years into a nearly nine-year sentence for her role in tampering with county voting machines months after the 2020 presidential election, part of an effort to search for election rigging. Peters, who has become a hero among some MAGA voters, wasted no time repeating claims that Democrats are using technology to steal elections.
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In gubernatorial bid, Phil Weiser sets sights on affordability, opportunity

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By Tom Hesse Verified
| Colorado Public Radio Verified
Should Colorado voters send him to the governor’s mansion, Phil Weiser says he wants to draw on a pair of tools from his time as Attorney General to steer the state: consensus building for new initiatives and scrutiny of existing systems. Weiser was elected Colorado Attorney General in 2019 and is now setting his sights on being the Democratic nominee for governor.
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